Curvy Irma has boasted to pals that her client list includes a string of Premier stars. [>

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Pals claim she vowed to “name names” from her “black book.” [>

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And her threats to dish more dirt sent shock waves through the 2018 bid team, still reeling from the smears involving happily married dad-of-three Becks and the resignation of chairman Lord Triesman. [>

Friends of the LA Galaxy star and football insiders are convinced foreign figures with a vested interest in ruining our hopes are responsible for the slurs published in German-owned US magazine In Touch Weekly. [>

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England’s bid to host the 2018 event is up against Spain/Portugal, Belgium/ Holland, Russia and the USA. Some sources even hinted at a mob involvement in the smear campaign, with the finger pointed at the Russian mafia. [>

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A source claimed: “Timing is everything. You’ve got to ask yourself why this girl waited three years to make these claims about David Beckham. [>

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“We don’t think it was a coincidence, but part of a concerted bid to dash our hopes of landing the World Cup. [>

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“We believe David Beckham has faced these monstrous, unfounded, claims merely because of his connections to 2018 and his role promoting the bid, now we’re worried about what else might follow.” [>

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Friends of David last night insisted the sex smears would not stop him from continuing with his 2018 role. [>

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Team Beckham have now launched a major legal action against publishers Bauer – based in Hamburg, Germany. [>

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England and Germany are the fiercest of football rivals, and not just on the pitch. [>

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The two countries were rival bidders to host the 2006 World Cup and, in a shock decision, it was Germany that emerged as the preferred European candidate. [>

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They went on to stage the 2006 World Cup – the second time in 32 years they had hosted the tournament. [>

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Sources claimed the 26-year-old “ex-hooker”, who bears an uncanny resemblance to David’s wife Victoria, had received death threats. [>

Irma, who divides her time between London and New York has links to notorious madam Kristin Davis, who exposed New York governor Eliot Spitzer as one of her clients two years ago and forced him to resign. [>

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A source said: “There’s also a real feeling that Irma is being used as a puppet here and that her strings are being pulled by shadowy foreign figures out to wreck our World Cup bid. [>

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“There are connections abroad who stand to make a fortune from a successful bid, not just legitimate businessmen but those with mafia links, especially in Russia.” [>

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Lord Triesman, 66, was forced to resign as chairman of both the FA and the World Cup bid after accusing Russia and Spain of being involved in a plot to “fix” the 2018 World Cup bid. [>

And the dark-haired kiss-and-tell beauty was certainly being sought out last night by lawyers acting for Team Beckham. [>

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Irma is in hiding amid claims she is set to make further bombshell allegations against other big names. But lawyers in the US want to serve writs on her over her Becks sex allegations in German-owned In Touch magazine. [>

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A source close to the Beckhams said: “Lawyers are desperately trying to track her to serve papers on her. If anyone knows where she is, they should get in touch.” [>

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Irma is also trying to cash in by selling pictures of herself for 63p on the site, which states: “Irma was one of the top girls for Manhattan Madam Kristin Davis”. [>

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Irma claimed to have met Becks after being introduced by a mutual friend before bedding him for cash in hotels in London and New York, allegations he strongly denies. [>